written in 1953
Samuel French, London, 1954
Play
- Presented by Peter Saunders at the Winter Garden Theatre, London, on 28th October 1953, with the following cast of characters:
- (in the order of their appearance)
| GRETA | Rosalie Westwater |
| CARTER | Walter Horsbrugh |
| MR MAYHEW | Milton Rosmer |
| LEONARD VOLE | Derek Blomfield |
| SIR WILFRID ROBARTS,QC | David Horne |
| INSPECTOR HEARNE | David Raven |
| PLAIN-CLOTHES DETECTIVE | Kenn Kennedy |
| ROMAINE | Patricia Jessel |
| CLERK OF THE COURT | Philip Holles |
| MR JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT | Percy Marmont |
| ALDERMAN | Walter Horsbrugh |
| MR MYERS,QC | D.A.Clarke-Smith |
| COURT USHER | Nicolas Tannar |
| COURT STENOGRAPHER | John Bryning |
| WARDER | Denzil Ellis |
| THE JUDGE'S CLERK | Muir Little |
| 1ST BARRISTER | George Dudley |
| 2ND BARRISTER | Jack Bulloch |
| 3RD BARRISTER | Lionel Gadsden |
| 4TH BARRISTER | John Farries Moss |
| 5TH BARRISTER | Richard Coke |
| 6TH BARRISTER | Agnes Fraser |
| 1STMEMBER OF THE JURY | Lauderdale Beckett |
| 2ND MEMBER OF THE JURY | Iris Fraser Foss |
| 3RD MEMBER OF THE JURY | Kenn Kennedy |
| A POLICEMAN | David Homewood |
| DR WYATT | Graham Stuart |
| JANET MACKENZIE | Jean Stuart |
| MR CLEGG | Peter Franklin |
| THE OTHER WOMAN | Rosemary Wallace |
- Directed by Wallace Douglas
- Decor by Michael Weight
- SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
- The action of the play passes in the drawing-room at Gull's Point, Lady Tressilian's house at Saltcreek, Cornwall
- ACT I
- The Chambers of Sir Wilfrid Robarts, QC. Afternoon.
- ACT II
- The Central Criminal Court, London - better known as the Old Bailey. Six weeks later. Morning.
- ACT II
- SCENE 1 - The Chambers of Sir Wilfrid Robarts, QC. The same evening.
- SCENE 2 - The Old Bailey. The next morning.
- Time : the present
Movie & TV
- [TV] Witness for the Prosecution, 1949(USA)
- "Chevrolet Tele Theater", Live.
- [TV] Witness for the Prosecution, 1950(USA)
- "Danger", Live.
- [TV] Witness for the Prosecution, 1953(USA)
- "Lux Video Thater"
- [MV] Witness for the Prosecution, 1957(USA) 117min.
- [direct] Billy Wilder; [script] Billy Wilder, Harry Kurniz, Larry Marcus
- [cast] Tyrone Power(Leonard Vole), Marlene Dietrich(Christine Vole), Charles Laughton(Sir Wilfrid Robarts), Elsa Lanchester(Miss Plimsoll), John Williams(Brogan-Moore), Henry Daniell(Mayhew), Ian Wolfe(Carter), Una O'Connor(Janet McKenzie), Torin Thatcher(Mr.Myers), Molly Roden(Miss McHugh)
- [TV] Witness for the Prosecution, 1982(USA) 100min.
- [direct] Alan Gibson; [script] John Gay, Billy Wilder
- [cast] Beau Bridges(Leonard Vole), Ralph Richardson(Sir Wilfred Robarts), Deborah Kerr(Nurse Plimsoll), Donald Pleasence(Mr.Myers), Diana Rigg(Christine Vole), Richard Vernon(Brogan-Moore), David Langton(Mayhew), Peter Sallis(Carter), Zulema Dene(Miss Johnson), Michael Gough(Judge), Barbara New(Miss O'Brien)
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